In Reply to: speaking of which... posted by barrya on December 13, 2024 at 12:11:50
I think you're right we're not a 52% 3 pt. shooting team, but certainly capable of shooting better than 33%. The eye test tells me we are not a bad shooting team. I think we also have a more well-rounded offense than last year. I expect Dylan, Sebastian (he's really improved), and Lazar to get better looks this year. I think their current shooting percentages indicate as much. I don't think Skyy or Kobe are great shooters. Kobe has been all over the place throughout his career, 36% being his high water mark. Hoping he can be better than that but not expecting it. I think we can expect Eric to improve on his last year's mark but realistically he's probably not going to shoot at his current 47% mark. Tyler is shooting 38% up from 34%, I think that's sustainable. Bottom line, we have much better shooting than we did last year. Just about everybody except Skyy is shooting better than their career averages. I don't think we got lucky, we're capable and made what they gave us. Is that going to happen every game? No, but don't be surprised if it happens a couple more times.
I think both things can be true. We let up defensively, Oregon shouldn't have had the opportunity to win that game, and we shot the ball over our head.